Happy Holidays! (Patreon)

Whew, this one took a bit longer than I expected! I actually started the initial sketch early in December and let it sit for a while before deciding, last minute, that I didn't like the composition.

You can see how far I got. The scene was a holiday party, and there were going to be other partygoers in the background with cookies and other edibles in the foreground. I might recycle this for another time, but for December, I wanted something that felt a little more intimate and raw.

First things first, I reworked the composition:

In my head, I knew exactly what I wanted each figure to look like. The guy came together pretty seamlessly, but the woman took a few attempts to get "right". It would have been nice to have a reference handy, but I couldn't find one that matched what I wanted to do.

Once the line art was done, everything else fell into place.

Flats helped me nail down principle colors and block out discrete areas for shading.

Clipped layers allowed me to add cell shading, blush, and gradients. Last but not least, I created a separate layer for all the white.

For a final touch, I adjusted the levels to heighten the contrast and dial up the saturation.

As I was drawing this, I kept thinking about how much I like men in stockings and cute lingerie. This is definitely becoming a big kink of mine. I also had fun imagining captions for the woman. Maybe she's telling him to ice the cookie, or maybe she's urging him on with words like, "Good boy," or "Mmm what a loose hole you've got there."

Anyway, hope you all have a great New Year!!

-Yumine